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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Hutchinson, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Jean-Baptiste Bongiorni, Montargis, FR;

Denis Godeau, Vieilles Maisons, FR;

Assignee:

Hutchinson, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/00 (2006.01); F16L 21/08 (2006.01); F16L 37/088 (2006.01); F16L 37/12 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/08 (2013.01); F16L 37/088 (2013.01); F16L 37/12 (2013.01); F02M 35/10144 (2013.01);
Abstract

Locking member having a male end-piece having a collar, a female end-piece having a ring which receives the male end-piece, and two flaps configured to be pushed in through two apertures of the ring and which are blocked behind the collar following insertion of the male end-piece, each flap having an inner and outer faces connected to each other by front and rear faces, relative to the insertion of the male end-piece. Each flap has inclined portions formed on the front face and set back from a foremost portion of this front face and including a guiding portion connecting the foremost portion to the inner face and cooperating with the end of the male end-piece to guide insertion thereof, and a blocking portion connecting the foremost portion to the front face and blocking the flaps against front edges of the apertures to act counter to opening of the member.


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